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Week 20 (1-7 June):
READ THE
BIBLE STORY
IN A YEAR!
ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
PART 2
May - August 2015
Because of the lawlessness of their tribal system, and the
threat of the coastal Philistines, Israel called for a King.
While Saul united the tribes, it was David who made
Jerusalem the capital and Solomon who made Israel a
blessing to other nations – but not for long. (+- 1020 BCE)
Week 17 (11-17 May):
Monday 11th: 1 Samuel 1
Tuesday 12th: 1 Samuel 2
Wednesday 13th: 1 Samuel 3-4
Thursday 14th: 1 Samuel 5
Friday 15th: 1 Samuel 6
Saturday 16th: 1 Samuel 7
Sunday 17th: 1 Samuel 8
Week 18 (18-24 May):
Monday 18th: 1 Samuel 9
Tuesday 19th: 1 Samuel 10
Wednesday 20th: 1 Samuel 11
Thursday 21th: 1 Samuel 12
Friday 22nd: 1 Samuel 13-14
Saturday 23rd: 1 Samuel 15
Sunday 24th: 1 Samuel 16
Week 19 (25 May- 31 May):
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Material adapted from
‘Malihambe - Reading the Bible in SA today’
by Neil T. Oosthuizen
Monday 25 : 1 Samuel 17
Tuesday 26th: 1 Samuel 18
Wednesday 27th:1 Samuel 19
Thursday 28th: 1 Samuel 20
Friday 29th: 1 Samuel 21
Saturday 30th: 1 Samuel 22
Sunday 31st: 1 Samuel 23
Monday 1st: 1 Samuel 24
Tuesday 2nd: 1 Samuel 25-26
Wednesday 3rd: 1 Samuel 27
Thursday 4th: 1 Samuel 28
Friday 5th: 1 Samuel 29
Saturday 6th: 1 Samuel 30
Sunday 7th: 1 Samuel 31
Week 21 (8-14 June):
Monday 8th: 2 Samuel 1-2
Tuesday 9th: 2 Samuel 3
Wednesday 10th: 2 Samuel 4
Thursday 11th: 2 Samuel 5
Friday 12th: 2 Samuel 6
Saturday 13th: 2 Samuel 7
Sunday 14th: 2 Samuel 8
Week 22 (15-21 June):
Monday 15th: 2 Samuel 9
Tuesday 16th: 2 Samuel 10
Wednesday 17th: 2 Samuel 11
Thursday 18th: 2 Samuel 12
Friday 19th: 2 Samuel 13
Saturday 20th: 2 Samuel 14
Sunday 21st: 2 Samuel 15
Week 23 (22-28 June):
Monday 22nd: 2 Samuel 16
Tuesday 23rd: 2 Samuel 17
Wednesday 24th: 2 Samuel 18
Thursday 25th: 2 Samuel 19
Friday 26th: 2 Samuel 20
Saturday 27th: 2 Samuel 21
Sunday 28th: 2 Samuel 22
Week 24 (29 June- 5 July):
Monday 29th: 1 Kings 1-2
Tuesday 30th: 1 Kings 3
Wednesday 1st: 1 Kings 5-6
Thursday 2nd: 1 Kings 7
Friday 3rd: 1 Kings 8
Saturday 4th: 1 Kings 9
Sunday 5th: 1 Kings 10-11
Week 27 (20-26 July):
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Monday 20 : 2 Kings 8
Tuesday 21st: 2 Kings 9
Wednesday 22nd: 2 Kings 10
Thursday 23rd: 2 Kings 11
Friday 24th: 2 Kings 12
Saturday 25th: 2 Kings 13
Sunday 26th: 2 Kings 14
THE NATION DIVIDES
IN TWO
Upon Solomon’s death the kingdom divided in two –
a large northern kingdom (calling herself “Israel”) and
a smaller kingdom in the south (named ‘Judah’). Over
the next 200 years these two nations sometimes
helped one another and at other times waged war
against the other, they sometimes followed the ways
of God and were often led astray by their leaders.
When this happened God rose up prophets to warn
them and call them back to covenant-living. (922 BCE)
Week 25 (6-12 July):
Monday 6th: 1 Kings 12-13
Tuesday 7th: 1 Kings 14
Wednesday 8th: 1 Kings 15
Thursday 9th: 1 Kings 16-17
Friday 10th: 1 Kings 18
Saturday 11th: 1 Kings 19-20
Sunday 12th: 1 Kings 21-22
Week 28 (27 July-2 August):
Monday 27th: 2 Kings 15
Tuesday 28th: 2 Kings 16
Wednesday 29th: Amos 1
Thursday 30th: Amos 2
Friday 31st: Amos 3
Saturday 1st: Amos 4
Sunday 2nd: Amos 5
Week 29 (3-9 August):
Monday 3rd: Amos 6
Tuesday 4th: Amos 9
Wednesday 5th: Isaiah 1
Thursday 6th: Isaiah 3
Friday 7th: Isaiah 6
Saturday 8th: Isaiah 8
Sunday 9th: Isaiah 9
The southern kingdom continued to serve God, or
turn to foreign idols, depending on the king at the
time. God’s prophets continued to speak words of
judgment and love.
Tuesday 11th: 2 Kings 18
Wednesday 12th: 2 Kings 19
Thursday 13th: 2 Kings 20
Friday 14th: 2 Kings 21-22
Saturday 15th: 2 Kings 23
Sunday 16th: 2 Kings 24
Week 31 (17-23 August):
Monday 17th: Jeremiah 1-2
Tuesday 18th: Jeremiah 3
Wednesday 19th: Jeremiah 7
Thursday 20th: Jeremiah 8
Friday 21st: Jeremiah 10
Saturday 22nd: Jeremiah11
Sunday 23rd: Jeremiah 25
JUDAH IS TAKEN INTO EXILE
Eventually the prophetic warnings came to pass and
the southern kingdom was taken into exile in Babylon.
However, a large group managed to escape to Egypt,
while many of the common people were left in their
war-ravaged cities.
Week 32 (24-30 August):
Week 26 (13-19 July):
Monday 13th: 2 Kings 1
Tuesday 14th: 2 Kings 2
Wednesday 15th: 2 Kings 3
Thursday 16th: 2 Kings 4
Friday 17th: 2 Kings 5
Saturday 18th: 2 Kings 6
Sunday 19th: 2 Kings 7
JUDAH CONTINUES TO
SERVE AND SIN
ISRAEL IS DESTROYED
As warned by the prophets, Israel was taken into exile in
Assyria. The northern kingdom would not exist as an
autonomous nation again.
(722 BCE)
Week 30 (10-16 August):
Monday 10th: 2 Kings 17
Monday 24th: 2 Kings 25
Tuesday 25th: Jeremiah 37-38
Wednesday 26th: Jeremiah 39-40
Thursday 27th: Jeremiah 41 & 52
Friday 28th: Lamentations 1
Saturday 29th: Lamentations 2
Sunday 30th: Lamentations 3 & 5